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Volume XI.
<iiV\Li: OF SCUEDULE.
MirriCOOEB RAI?. ROAD, 1
Superintendent's Office, J
Columbus, Dec. lid, 1803, )
ON and »ft. r t>< c 6th the Mail Train on thi3 Road
will run as follows :
Columbus -..7:45, P. M.
heave Macon. 6:30, P. M.
Arrive at Macon _ 4:18, A. M.
Airive at C'iumbus.. 4 a. M.
Passengers can now go through to Charleston, via
Havannah, without delay,as the Mail Train on the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad makes close con
ueriiuu with the Central Railroad at ftavalmali
W, L. CLARK,
Supt. Museogee R. R.
Dec 4 if
Change of Schedule.
ON AND AFTER Deri mber 6th, Ute Passenger
1 raiu on the Montgomery 4* West Point Railroad
will
Leave Montgomery at 10.30 A. M
“ Went Point, 2,30 P.M.
Arriveitl Coiunibiis, ..7,10 P M
Leavo C01umbu5.................. 230 A M
A rave at Montgomery ..11,37 A M
*• •• West Point 7,50 A M
Maklngtbrough connections to &n<l from Atlanta.
Freight leaves Columbus.... .....8,40 A, M.
*• Arrives at Columbus ..8,00 P. M,
(D. 11. CRAM,
Dec 4 ts Supl. 4c Engr,
Notice.
MOBILE 4- GIRARD RAILROAD, >
Hu|>« rmtendeni’s Office, Dec, 4,.1863. J
ALL WOOD delivered on the rightway of the road
t fter this date will be considered the property of the
Coinpauy, to be paid for at the advertised rate at the
tune t f delivery.
Parties wishing to ship Wood on their own account
are hereby notified that it must be delivered ul some
one of the regular citations on the Read, and -suhjee t
to rules g venting other freights.
Dec 5 4w B. E. tvELI. B, Sup’t.
Estray Notice.
DICKENS ol llie 77*d District G. M.
irunsii.i s lo me the following certificate of and
Estray Voice of Oxen: Cno a red and white color,
and the oilier a white and brindle color; maiktd with
a smooth crop and underbit in both years. About
four years old. Appraised by A. 8. BovdinandJo
seph I awHon Riggers, freeholders of said county an
disirict to he worth four liuudred dolllais,
A true etnact Irum the estray book, this the 28th
of December, 1863. A. P JONES,
Jun4—w6od Clerk I C
Estray Notice.
JONATHAN ENGLISH, of the77*d District G. M.,
i ran Hunt a to me the following certificate of an
estray Hieer: A deep red color, supposed to be 3or 4
years old, marked with a crop and underoit in the
rigid ear, and underbit and split in the left. Appraised
by James Cooper and Jeremiah Cartiedge, freeholders,
to ne worth one hundred dollars.
A true extract from the Estiay Book this 30th Jans
uary, 804. A. i*, JONES, Ci’K I. C.
febl—tf ________ __ _____
OEOR.OI A—Marlon County:
•* |' WO months after date application will be made to
1 ilie t;ouri ot i mini ay of Marion county tor leave
to aelt a portion of the negroes belonging to the estate
ot C W. Boss, accessed.
ARM,NLA P. ROSS,
Dec 15th, fo'3_2m Adm’x.
Notice to debtors and creditors,—au
persons having claims against .the estate of Win
J Patterson, dec’d, are hereby notified to present
them within the time prescribed by law, and alt per
sons indebted to said estate are requested to matte
immediate payment. nr’x
- HENRIETTA A. PA’ITEUbON, Ad
December. !«B—yvtlt
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate o
Joint A. Jones, deceased, are hereby notified to
present tuny duly authenticated within the time pre
tended by low, an.i all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate payment,
MARY L. JONES,
(jec 4~th Adtn’rx.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE. ~
AGREEABI.V !o an order ofthe Couit ot Ordinary
of Btewart t'ounty. will be sold within the legal
hours of sale before the Court House door in tile town
of Lumpkin, on the first Tuesday in March next.
••Hophie” a negro woman 23 years old and her child
4 years of age, beloi ging to the estate of Susan Yar
brough, deceased.
Terms cash, BAR AH DEN NARD,
jan 23 td Adm’x.
GEUliUiA—Marlon county:
RITLL NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adrn’rx on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having petitioned
this Court lor letters of dismission liom said Admin
islralion.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all an
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to
be and appear at my office within the time prescubed
by law, and show cause it any they have, why said
Administratrix should not be dismissed from said
Administration on the first Monday in July 1864.
Given under my hand amt official signature, this
December the 7th, 1863. MaI.COM IIAIR,
Dec 14 in6m Ordinary.
DKOKtilA—Marlon county
RULE NlSl.—Whereas, M Butt and William M
But', Administrators upon the estate of Eidiidge
C. Butt, dec’d, having applied lor letters of Dismis
iion from said Administration.—These are therefore
to cite aud admonish all and singularthe kindred and
creditors ot Baid deceased to show cause, if any they
have, why said applicant should riot he dismisses
from said Administration.
Given under my hand and official signature, Hep
tember 2d, 1863, MAI.COM HAIR,
sept 7, iu6m. Ordinary.
UEORGI \ Marlon County i
WHEREAS, Joseph Belk having applied lor let
tars of Admiiißlraiiun upon the estate of Zacba
riah Belk, deceased,
There are ihi'iek re to cite and admonish all and
singular the kiudied and creditors of Haul deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pie
scribed by law, to show cau.-e if any they have why
raid letters in administration should not be granted to
said applicant, r ii the 2nd Mo. day in January next.
Given under my hand ami official signature, Nov
24 h, 1863. MAI.COM HAlit,
Nov S7 40. Ordinary.
GEORGIA - Marlon County:
rnVVO months fer date ap lie .tlon will be made to
X the t.uu <>f Oidinary ot sain county, for leave to
keti the n* groea ne.onging to the estate ol Foi aid
J Payne deCviiStkl. Dec, 7ih, 16n3,
\VM. I’ayne, 1
IfENm J’ai me. > Exec’irs.
Pollaho J. fayne, N
Dec 14 9m
OEORUI .i--Marlon County t
RULE, nisi Whereas Amanda L. Cattle, Ad
minis;iatm upon the Estate of David L. Mu>ry
oe eased, having applied for letters of dismission
from sad Administration.
These aie therefore toci'e and admonish ail and
singular, the fcudred anl creditors if said deceased
to show oatis i, it a>.y they have why s ;id Adminis
tiairix shcu and not be dismiss-d from saul administra
tion.
Given under my hand anl official signature. Oc
tober 6th, 1 63. MALCOM Halit,
dec 1* lutiui Ordinary.
GEORGIA- Marlon County.
\\7 HEREAS M. A. B. Mayo having petitioned
VV iins ' ourl if r letters oi Administration upon
the -date et'G. VV. Hillman deceased.
These » e therefore to cite and atmmish all ail
gul&r tbt- kiodud and credit >ra of s.ild deceased u
Onund appeal' xt my office, within the time prescribed
be law, not sho.v cause if any they have, why said
administration it the estate of sa:d deceased should
not be issue tto the applicant on the first Mondtfy
inFeiruaiysueit.
Given ui.der my hand and official signattue, Dec,
)7th, 166<. MALCOM HAIB,
Dec at 4t)<i ordinaly.
GEORGIA MARION COUNTV.
11711 tv It K AS, W B Walker having petitioned this
VV tio.ni for letters of Adm ini nation upon the
estate ofefurah Parker (deceased.
These are tlieiefore to i iie and admonish all and
singular the. kindred ami < redit. rs ot said dec< used to
show cause, it any they have, within the time pre
scribed by law, why sain letters of Administration
upon sain « stale, should not < e grimed to s tid apph
cant on the Ist M 'nday in Febrtimy 1884.
Given urn ei my hand uud official signature, Dec.
Hltli, 1*63. MALCt/AI HAIR,
decSs 40d Ordinary.
GEORGIA—MarIou County.
WHERE A" B. A. Stary, Admiiiist ator upon the
estate of icsapj N. St-ry, late ot said county,
decerned,7 having applied fn leUero ot Disimssi.in
from said administration.
These are there ore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and dltors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office withm the lime pre
scribed by aw to show came, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should not be grant'd
to said applu ant on the first Monday n Octobornext.
Given under my hand and officotl signa'Uie, Jan
»3d, 1864. MAI.COM HAIR,
Jau. V 5 mbin Otdittary.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice.
HEADQUARTERS POST, »
Columbus. Qa., Jail. 57,1864, J
GENERAL ORDERS,No. 6.
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over 1J hours will require a pass from these Head
quarters.
11. All persons between the ages of 18 and 45 years
visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at this Post excepted) will in future be -re
quired to procure a pass from the Commandant of
the Post. No other document than the pass specified
will be regarded by the officer charged with the exami
nation of passes.
ill. Officers and soldiers abse..t from their com.
mands, or citit.zens claiming exemption by virtue fff
contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy
atice by immediately procuring the required p>ss.
By order of Col. ROBERTBON.
CHAB. WOOD, A. A. G.
janJ29tf_
NOTICE.
QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE, >
Columbus, January>7, 1864. )
On the first of each month, Major Jno. ‘E. ;Davis
Post Quartei master, will make payment to all employ
ees of .this department. Also to owners of slaves
hired, and for property rented. Parties interested will
present their bills to Major Davis monthly.
The employees of the Transportation Department
will be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments theiefor will be made by
myself, p. w. DILLARD,
Major and Quartermaster,
ian VO ts
Shipping Notice.
MTJBCOGEE RAIL Foad, )
SIII-EBINTENDENT’a OFFICE, >
Coiumbus, Dec. 22U, ‘63. )
Owing to ihe want of sufficient transportation for
Government freight, private fteighi will not be received
at this depot until further notice.
W. L. CLARK,
Dec 23 ts gupt.
Notice-
The Citizens of Harris County are requested to
meet the first Tuesday fu February next, (2d inst.,) at
Hamilton for the purpose of meeting the Commissary
of this Department, that we may arrange in reference
to subsistence for the army from your county.
Let eveiy citizens of Harris who feels an interest in
his country be present.
GEO. H. BRYANT,
W,C. JOHNSON,
J. M. MOBLEY,
J. M, RAMSEY,
H. W. PITTS,
Jan 22 td A. T. BROOKB
Wanted
QA ABLE-BODIED negro men for Teamsters on
L\J Governmoat Drays.
H. D. COTHRAN,
jav 14—ts Capt. A A. Q. M.
A Few More Recruits Wanted
Fort
den. Imboiien’s Command,
Horses and Equipment Furnished.
ISO BOUNTY!
IWANT a lew more RECRUITS to complete my
Company of
• Mounted Riflemen,
for Gen, Imboden’s command. Persons who have
substitnles in the army ca.i join this company if they
will do so in ten days, a3 at the expiration of that
time volunteering will cease. 1 will grant furloughs
of from ten to lift* eit days
My headquarters are at Camp Montgomery, where
1 can a ways be found or represented.
F. P. CRUTCHFIELD, Capt
W. C. WRIGHT, Lieut.
Janl6 <Uf
Coffee.
1 LBS. OLD BROWN RIO, in store and
aOVH foi sale by GOODRICH & CO.
Jan 30th 3t
Sugar.
f || BOXES CHOICE NEW ORLEANS, instore
and far sale by GOODRICH ~ CO.
Jan 30 3t
Medical. Card.
E. A. ROSSY, Iff. I>.,
OF NEJV ORLEANS,
fit EN DERS his services to the cit z-ris of Columbus
JL in all the brandies of his profession.
U?* Special alention.ns in New Orleans, will be
devoted to Surgery, and to the. treatment of the JV*»
ease peculiar to Females.
Patients troth a distance requiring Surgical or Mr**!
cal treatment will be visited and treatment at home •
desiicd. ,
Office, No. 140, in the Masonic Hail, UP STAIR*
dec 13 ti
COLTJMBTJS
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT 1
rpilE SUBSCRIBERS having perfected their ar
-1 rangements, are now prepared to do all kinds of
DYING in
Silk, Wool and Colton.
Dye Uouse on sonth-wesi corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets. Ordeis leit at the office ofthe
Soulhein Express wili meet with prompt attention.—
Pariies tr..m ihe country can send any aiticle by Ex
press. Address
w OIGUT & HILL
Nov 10 3m.
COLUMBUS GLUE
AND
P INTER’S COMPOSITION
MANUFACTORY.
WE wish to inform out friends and the public in
general that the above business will hereafter be
conducted under the name and style of
ZORHOWSEY & CO.
Dry Glue always on band. Orders filled promptly
jan s—l hi
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
M. X. HUQHH3.
Attorney at Law and Notary,
.RICHMOND, VA.
Claims of every description against the Confederate
'tales settled with accuracy and dispatch. Legal
'.iisine-as will receive prompt attention. augl? ly
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to pmchasea large quanliy of SCRAP
IKON, b.,iu cast and wruugir, f>r which cash
will be paid HARtiISON, BEDELL A CO.
jui 7 f
Post Office.
Columbus, Ga„ Jan. 15, /-4-
PROPOSALS for cairmg the Mat a on Route No.
1 636 front Buena Vista, «a. by Pin vilte, Glen
alia llalloca and Water oak, to t'oiumtus. 40 miles
and back once a week, will te received at this office
until February Ist, 1 i o’clock M
11. M. JETER, P. M.
Jan 16 d&w till Feb. Ist.
320 or 640 Acres of Land for Sale.
I offer for sale the tract known ss the Mercer place,
about IJ4 unle-i from station No. 5, ot -.he Mobil*
A Giiard U. R. It contains 320 acres, 18J oi which
is in cultivation, the balanci timber *d Und. There
are cabins fir about 30 negroes, sm bouse, stables,
4 r , two wells of good water and a ia ge quiutity of
light wood convenient to ihe R. R. The other half
of the section, all heavily timbered will b - sold if de
sired by the purchaser.. Apply to Greeuw< od A
(iray, Columbus, Ga„ for teims Mr Mercer on the
place will show it to any une w.shing msee n
D V. FREEMAN, Jr.
Sun Copy, jan 18
Columbus, Georgia, C. Friday February 5, 1864
EVENING EDITION.
RKOIUPTS.
Th* reception of the Times , wAcn ordered by
mail, will be our receipt tor the moneyespecial
ly to those subscribers for m lees time than a
yeeer.
When- subseribers receive the paper with this
purmgreqsh marked, they will understand it as in
forming them that their subscription is about to
empire, and that the paper will certainly be stop
ped unless they make a ’'tmutanee
Advanced Rates.
In consequence of the continued advance in price
of the material and labor consumed in conducting our
business, we are compelled to secure ourselves against
loss, to again advance our prices, which will be until
further notice.:
Daily Paper for three months. 00
“ “ “ one “ 300
Weely Paper six “ , 500
“ “ ** three “ 300
Single copies 25 cents
THOS. GILBERT St. CO.,
THOB. RAGLAND,
, J. W. WARREN A CO.
January Ist. 1884.
For Chattahoochee A Balnbrldge<
The’C. 8. Steamer, Marianna, H. W. Van Veighten
Master, will leave for the above aud intermediate
landings FRIDAY at 8 o’clock.
Gen. Johason baying received official informa
tion of the re-enlistment of the Tennesseeans'
issued a general order, from which the following
i. the concluding extract“ The noble and pa
triotic resolution of the brave Tennesseeans to
enlist ‘for the war/ is offered lo the army as an
example worthy of being followed by all who
love home and country.
“Will not this army by immediate action, gain
the proud distinction of being the first to volun
teer in a holy cause, and pledge its services to
the Government until peace is conquered ?”
Thk Movements Below Savannah. —The Sa
vannfih Republican of Saturday, says: “We see
no indications of anything like a formidable at
tack in the vicinity of Savannah, but it is evident
that ihe enemy are becoming more saucy. The
attack on our Whitemarsh pickets Tuesday last,
was followed by an attempt to shell Thunderbolt
battery, which however, proved a feeble effort.
The monitor was higher up the river than usual,
bui the three or four shells thrown fell far short
of the mark. Will the Yankees boa little more
neighborly and come close enough to>got a friend
ly salutation—say eight handred or a thousand
yards ?”
The Memphis papers say that Bank bills are
selling in that city at the following rates: The
Planters’ and Union notes of Tennessee were firm
at 82 cents, with only a limited supply by the
brokers, who freely offered 80 cents; Bank of
Tennessee notes brought 61 and sold at 64; sales
of some ofthe Georgia and South Carolina banks
at 25 cents in the dollar; but Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, Central Railroad and
Banking Company, Bank of Middle Georgia.
Bank ot Mobile and Southern Bank of Alabama
were selling better. The Northern Bank of
Alabama, at Huntsville, had advanced fully 50
per .cent., with consiuerable inquiry, but brokers
had sold them for 43.
A Yankee Raid.— We learn from Mr. Skaggs,
the gentlemanly mail agent on the Alabama and
Tennessee railroad, says the Mississippmn of the
30th ult., that a large force of Yankees, supposed
to number about 8,000, have crossed the Tennes*
see river near Guntersville. The object ofthe
raid no doubt, is the destruction o/ the iron
works in Cherokee county. We have no doubt
but that steps have or will be taken to give them
a “bloody welcome to hospitable graves.”
By special orders from General Polk, all the
prisoners paroled at Vicksburg and Port Hudson
are ordered to report in person at tho parole
camps at Eoterprise, Miss., by the lOih of Feb
lutuy, or they will be treated as deserters.
The Atlanta Confederacy says that parties
reoently out lrorn Nashville report that there are
some four thousand cases of small pox in that
city, confined chiefly to negroes and Union refu
gees. The citizens were not among the victims
of the epidemic, save in a few iustances of vario
loid, whore the parties had been previously vac
cinated.
The Federal Expenses and the Means
ot Faying Them.
[From the New York Daily Nows, Jan 6 J
We recently made sorao remarks upon the im
mense taxation that awaits the people of the
Northern Sfate9 as the inevitable result of the
present Government expenditures. The figures
startled some of our cotemporaries, and wr hope
set some of them to thinking. The expenses per
annum on the return of peace will be $-375,000 000.
This sum must be raised out of the net profits of
the industry ot the country. The Federal debt,
should peace be restored in eighteen months,
will be, according to official estimates, $2 850,-
000,000, which will give an annual interest of
SIBQ,OOU,OuO in gold W e know it is stated by tho
Administration papers that no more stock pay
able in gold will be issue 1. But this is simply a
threat of repudiation, because if the country ex
ists and pays its debt at all, it mast be in gold.
Whether that is paid or repudiated, we now as
sume that it will be paid, and the amount requi
red wili be as stated. The pension list will be
over $50,000,000; it is already $7,000,000. We
assume that it will be $30,000,000. The army,
in 1860, numbered 12,000 men and cost $16,000,
000 It will never again be under 100,000 men,
or its expenses less than $120,000,000 per snnum.
The navy was composed, in 1860, to eighty ves
sels, partly in commission, aud cost $12,000,000
per annum. It will be seven hundred vessels,
and will cost $50,000,090. The army of tax col
lectors, civil list, miscellaneous, etc., will cost
$30,000,000; or thus:
Civil list, foreigp, etc $30,000,000
Amy r 120,000,001)
Navy 50,000,000
Interior Pensions, etc 30,000,000
Interest on debr 180,000,000
$410,000,000
This must be raised by taxes. Divided among
the people of New York city, their proportion
will b© $230 to every family, whose average in
come last year was only $250 !
Figures, truly remarks the Columbia South
Carolinian, never lie. These show that the “be
ginning of the end” is near. The seeming pros
perity in which the people rejoice is fictitious and
delusive. The nation is feeding upon itself. It
is holding wild carnival with its wealth and re
sources, The day of doom is coming and is
nearly at hand. Expensive importations are
hurrying on the final crash. Let us be firm, and
patient, and brave ! Through the operation of
various ouucumug causes, our deliverance draws
nigh'
Special correspondence of the Appeal.
Letter from Mississippi.
Jackson, Jan. 26, 1864.
Col. Jeff Forrest, who was so seriously wound*
ed in North Alabama, has taken inland No. 62,
on the Mississippi river, capturing a number of
\ ankccs, negroes, mules aud oxen. The mules
and oxen he killed.
Gen. Wirt Adams has been keeping the Yan
kees at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Rodney and
elsewhere south on the alert. He is making
them sleep on their arms and keep elose in their
holes for many miles along the river. On the 23d
a little strategy of his culminated in the cap*
tore of thirty-five Yankees, sixty drays, negroes
and teams. He secreted two detachments near
Natchez aad succeeded in cutting off foraging
parties. The Yankees profess to have posses*
sion of the river and to navigate it, but Gen. Ad
ams was in ambuscade at a certain point three
days waiting for a navigator. None come. For
three days not a single boat—gun, passenger,
freight, dispatch, coal, produce or provision boat,
passed the Jmbuscado. It is diseonraging.—
Yankee papers led Gen. Adams to believe that
the river was full of boats. The Memphis papers
in their steamboat and river register, duly an
nounce the departure of two or three boats for
New Orleans and intermediate points. I /ear the
disappointment of the Northwestern Yankees
will be greater than that ot Gen. Adams’ ambus
caders, when they come to find out the fact that
the river register, like accounts of battles, are
made at headquarters in Memphis, and that not
one in ten of the crafts reported ever reach or
arrive from New Orleans. The river is in fact,
nearly as useless to the Yankees as when Vicks*
burg and Port Hudson were ours, j Yankee
readers will scarcely believe this. How much
more easily are the Yankees at home deceived?
It is probable that the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad has been abandoned east of La-
Grange. A scout just in, at Como, from Cor
inth, reports (hat they have blown up their
works at Corinth, and that they are taking up
the iron between LaGrange aud Saulsbury.
Rumors to this effect, have been current for sev
eral davs, but nothing positive has yet been
received. I think it. probable. It has required
from twenty to thirty tnousand men to protect
this road. They need tberaen The
abandonment of tills mad involves the loss of
West Tennessee. West Tenneseana will com
pel Grant to fall back from Chattanooga, pro
vided the flanking of position, on which our
strategy seems to have been based in every retro
grade movement is not mere bosh as many sen
sible people have cried when the retrogrades
have been made.
Price is supposed to have whipped St6ele in
Arkansas.
On my way to dinner to day I passed a
house into which a family had evidently just
moved. A couple of anxious looking women
stood at the door. A short distance beyond, a
young girl passed me who cried, “I have bought
six nails and something that will do for Curtains.”
B.
Erom the Georgia Telegraph.
The Army of Tennessee.,
The town was agog on Tuesday with unfa
vorable storie* and rumors about ibo condition
and morale of Gon. Johnston’s army. It is un
necessary to repeat these rumors as they had
not the slightest foundation in truth. On the
same day, we saw the following extract from a
letter dated at Dalton, the 29'.h ult., to a rela
tive, from a distinguished officer of that army,
whoso official position necessarily acquaints him
intimately with the status of the entire army in
every particular. We mar add further, that he
io a soldier of great experience and ability, and
a man who, even in private correspondence and
conversation,- weighs every word he pens or
utters. We have taken the liborty to publish
this extract from a private letter, believing it
will do good |and assist in giving the efforts of
our people a proper direction, while it should in
spire them with confidence in themselves, and a
determination to put forth their utmost strength
in the defence of our soil. The counsels of a
Lee or a Johnson, would not be entitled to more
weight, as the offspring of a patriotic spirit, sound
judgment and a thorough information, than the
few lines copied below. We call upon Georgians
to heed them—take courage and fill up Gen.
Johnston’s Infantry regiments. Let the cavalry
alone. There's enough and more than enough
of it. Join the service in which your labors will
tell in the public defence, and go in with the as
surance that the day is ours, if oven Georgia
alone will stand up to the rack, as she should
do.
Dalton, Jan. 23d, 1864.
I am satisfied with the prospects here.
Things look cheerful. If the Georgia conscripts
will como forward at once and join Infantry
companies, and fill tip tho ranks of our,; tried
regiments, Georgia wilt he safe enoughl You
may tell my friends, the Editor, to preach this
doctrine ; and he may tell the people that, those
who will not go into infantry now, may b£ good
men, but will not be useful'soldiers. We want
soldiers to the rank-', and that is all. Georgia
alone, if the strong men will turn out, can save
this eountry.”
If the press of Alabama and Georgia will pre
sent these vie ws to their readers, we assure them
they may rely upon the fact that they are sec
onding and supporting the most authoritative
counsels and opinions in the army of Tennes
see, and doing servioo to the common cause.
Nothing in the world is wanted but the judicious
and energetic employment of the means at hand,
to reduce the suet 3ful defence of our frontier
to a matter of positive certainty. Awake, then
Georgians—arouse, Alabamians fiil up Gen.
Johnston’s ranks with infantry soldiers, and pre
pare foT the final and successful struggle with
the invading hordes of tha enemy.
Siege Matters— Two Hundred aud
Eighth Day,
From half past five o’clock on Sunday
until the same hour yesterday the enemy
fired one hundred shells at the city. Two
persons, a woman and a man, slightly woun
ded, were the only casualties resulting.
On Sunday the number of shots fired by
the enemy at Fort Sumter was one hun
dred and thirty one, of which one hundred
and fourteen struck and seventeen missed.
Ihe bombardment of Sumter ceased at
dark, but was renewed on yesterday mor
ning with the usual rapidity. No further
casualties are reported from Fort Sumter.
The following are the reu tions passed
bv Congress on Thursday, briefly alluded
to in our Congressional report;
“Resolved, Thai the thanks of Congress
are eminently doe, and are hereby cordially
tendered, to General G. T. Beauregard and
the officers and rm nos his command, for
their gallant ami -occef-gful defence of the
city ot Charleston, booth Carolina—a de
fence which, tor die sit ill. heroism and ten*
aci'y displayed by ine. denfendeis during
an attack scarcely paralleled in warfare
whether we consider the persistei.t efforts
of the enemy or his almost boundless re
sources in the most improved aod formida
ble artillery and the most powerful of en
gines ot war hitherto known—is justly en
titled to be pronounced “glorious” by im»
partial history and an admiring country.
‘•Resolved, 'J hat the President be reques
ted to communicate the foregoing resolution
to Genera! Beauregard and the Officers ami
men of his command.”
Distance Makes a Difference.— The
Richmond Enquirer learns from a gentle
man direct from Bermuda, lhat Yankee
greenbacks were selling at that place for
sixty two ami a half cents on the dollair and
Confederate greybacks at seventy cents,
the latter being seven and a half cents more
valuable m the estimation of the Bermudi
ans than the “promise to pay”of- !|iej Lin
coln Government.
The Abstraction of Notes from the
Treasury Department. —The name of
the young man arrested and lodged in jail
to answer the charge of abstracting Confed
erate Treasury notes, of a considerable
atnoun’, from the Treasury Department, is
R E Foster, attached to the note-cutting
bureau. He is married, and had hitherto—
before suspicion fell upon his name—lived,
respected, within a large circle of acquaint
tances. He has, since his arrest, confessed
having stolen eleven thousand dollars bn
two occasions within the last year. Hia
confidants and the custodians of the stolen
money were two Italians, Christopher Dorn
onick and Francisco Domonicb, brothers,
and the keepers ot apple stands on Main
street.
These “two dominos,” Foster now alle
ges, made way with all but five hundred
dollars of the money confided to their care
as soon as they understood the manner in
which he (Foster) had come into possession
of it. These Italians have also been arres
ted and lodged in jail. At the examination,
which will come off before Commissioner
Watson shortly, oiher names will be intro
duced to show up the entire case and its
merits.
It is understood Foster has mentioned
the name of a son of a high officer in the
Confederate States naval service in connect
ion with the abstractions.
[Richmond Examiner.
John Morgan —General John H. Mor
gan reached Columbia, S, C., on Saturday
evening. The Carolinian says that unan
nounced though he was, Jiis presence was
not unexpected, and hundreds of ladies aud
gentlemen flocked to the hotel to shake the
gallant chieftain by the baud, and bid him
“God speed” in his future career.
Saturday evening about 9 o’clock, an im
promptu serenade was given to the General,
which drew together a large assemblage
of ladies and gentlemen. Morgan being
loudly called for, in one of the intervals of
music, was introduced, in befitting lauguage
by his Honor Mayor Goodwin, whereupon
the chieftain himself briefly addressed the
audience, rendering his thanks for the honor
conferred, and uttering .the resolve that
when he was once more in the field, he
would, with his sword in hand, make good
those sentiments of patriotism and of devo
tion to the common cause which ha was
not able to express on the present occa
sion. His remarks, though brief, were en
thusiastically received.
Lieut Col Alston, Lieut Col Breckinridge,
Gen Butler, of Edgefield, S. C., (Hampton’s
cavalry,) and General Wm Martin, of this
State, followed in stirring speeches to the
crowd, full of hope, encouragement and
determination: and the outside ceremonies
of the occasion terminated.
Re-organization of the Arht. —The Rich
mond Examiner, of ;ho 30th, says :
In the House of Representatives, yesterday,
Mr. Foote submitted, as memorials, a number of
letters from officers and privates of the army, in
sisting upon securing to the men the right of
making anew election ol officers, as an indispen
sable condition of the re -otganization of the
army for the next active campaign. We are
assured that this is a subject of lively interest in
the army, which Congress will have to touch
with great discretion.
Another important question in thero-organza
tion of our military forces is that of consolida
tion. There is no doubt that our strength in
officors is largely in excess over that of our
strength in privates; this being, generally, the
result of the casualties of war. Our brigades
are said to average four to six skeleton regiments
which might be as well commanded if reduced
to two regiments. Each regiment thus oblitera
ted by consolidation would relieve from duty, or
render unnecessary, three field officers, one adju
tant, one sergeant-major, one commissary ser
geant, one quartermaster, one quartermaster
sergeant, ono Ordnance sergeant, two medical
officers, one hospital steward, and forty captains
and lieutenants, making in all 52 men. Thus
brigades composed of six skeleton regiments
could relievo or render unnecessary to the service
two hundrt-d and eighty officers; and brigades
composed of four regiments half that number.
Telegraphic Matters. —We are still with*
out our usual and spatches, owing, we learn, to a
rupture between tbo Superintendent and the
operators of the Telegraphic Company. The
latter formed a union or association some time
since, somewhat after the manner of the Typo
graphical Union, and the Superintendent has
given all of its members a choice between resig
nation from tha society and dismissal from of
fice. Many operators have thus been thrown out
and the Company left without force to do the
business.
We have too much busines of our own to es
pouse the quarrel of either side, but the Press
and the country have.a tight to demand that
the breach be healed in Home way, and forth
with.—[Sav. Rep.
Lumber,
Proposals for supplying ihe city with lumber for
ihe present year a:e invite ), the same to be delivered
in the city.
The party to whom the contract may be awarded
will be required to give bond with secuiity lor the
faithful perlo-mance of the contract,
Bids mu-? be sent in by Monday, Bth inst., and ad
dressed to M. M. Moore, City Clerk.
By order or Council.
W. H. GRIS wo; D, *
Chairman Contract Committee. *
Feb 4 td
TEMPERANCE HALE.
TAYLOR & CO.'S
PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT*
WILL OPEN
Monday Evening, February 8,
MRS. NELLIE TAYLOR,
MR. J. J. WALLACE,
MRS. BELLA WALLACE,
MR. J. R TAYLOR,
WILL APPEAR.
The Entertainments will each everting embrace,
Tradegyt
Comedy ! !
* Farce!! !
Musics Singing and Dancing!
017“ TitkeisSS, to be had at ihe Hotels, Bo.ik Siorea
and at the Hall.
Doors open at 7, curtains rise at 8 precisely,
rr No money takeu at the door.
J. T. BLTHELL,
feb 4 ts Agent.
Win H. H. PHELPS,”
ONE DOOR ABO VE GTJNBY'S CORNER,
tATILL exchange Couon Yarns. Shee in;}, Osna
“l hu gs and Cotton (’aids, for any kind ofCoun
tiy Produce, or wit- pay he highest market price in
eash
let) 4 3.*
For Three Months, 58
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according te act of Congress in the year 1963. by
J. S. Thresher, in the Clerk’s office of the District
Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District
of Georgia.
Richmond, Feb. 4.
The Now York Herald of the Ist says Lincoln
has issued an order for the draft of 500,000
men by the 10th of March. The Herald says
the order is a consolidation of the two calls pre
viously issued tor three hundred thousand. —
Nearly one half of the whole*has been ob
tained by volunteering and re.enlistmont.
A dispatch from Western Virginia indicates
that Gen. Early had captured, in Hardy oounty,
a few days ago, a train of e : ghty wagons heavy
loaded with commissary stores.
The Kentucky Legislature has sojourned with
out electing a Senator.
Judge Murphy os Fort Smith is elected Pro*
visional Governor of Arkansas.
Gold unchanged.
Richmond, Feb. 4.
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Sparrow, from
the Military Committee, reported back the Hagse
bill to amend the late anti-substitute law in re
lation to farmers, with the recommendation that
it do not pass. No action taken.
Richmond, Feb. 4.
Tee following official dispatch has been re
ceived : t
Kinston, Feb. 3.
Gen. S. Coopem: —l made a reconnoisance
within a mile and a half of Newberu with Stokes
brigade and a part of the corps of Clingman and
some artillery. I met the enemy in forej at Bach-,
elors creek, and killed and wounded about one
hundred; oaptured thirteen offioers, two hundred
and eighty prisoners, fourteen negroes, two rifled
pieces and caissons, throe handred stand ofsmall
arms, four ambulances, three wagons, fifty five
animals and a quantity of clothing ahd camp
and garrison equippage and two flags.
Commander Wood oaptured and destroyed (he
U. 3. gunboat Underwriter. Oar loss thirty-five
killed and wounded.
[Signed] G. E. PICKETT,
M B j. Gen. Coindg.
Petersburg, 4th.
The Philadelphia Enquirer of the Ist, is re
ceived, Lincoln has ordered a draK for five
hundred thousand men to serve three years or
during the war, to be made on the 10th of march*
Gold in New York on the 30th, 67£. No other
news of importance.
Notice from tlie Commandant
of Conscripts.
For the information ol the public, it is publi-.liedl
that the Enrolling Department of Georgia is divided
into ten (16) Congressional Districts, earn ol which is
under charge of a District Enrolling ‘Olficei.
The Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th and 7th Dis.ricts are under the
immediate supervision of Maj. A. M. Rowland, Ma
con, Ga.» and the sth, 6tl», Bt'a, 9th and llKh, under
that ol Maj. Join F. .Andrews, Decaiur, Ua. AU
special applications lor exemptions or detail, aud
communications regarding the Enrolling service, wilj
be foi warded through lie county Enrolling Officers
to ure Chief of Districts.
The Enrolling Headquarters ol ills seveial Dis
traits are locaied at the following p.aces, viz :
Ist Congressional District, at Savannah, Ga.
2d do do do Albany, do
3d do do do Columbus, do
4th do do do Macon, do
sih do do do Augusta, do
6th do do do Athens, do
7th do do do Gridin, do
Bth do do do Atlrntc, do
9th do do - do Alphaietta, do
loth do do do Caitersvil.e, do
CHARLES J. HARRIS,
Maj ir and Coininmdaiit Consiripis,
_feb3 JIOi Stale ol'GetMgia.
W anted.
10 BUSHELS BED PEPPER.
H. D. COTHRAN,
feb 3 2w Capt. and A. Q. M.
SHUKMA A & CO.,
MOVED TO MASONIC HALL,
Third Door to the right, on Second Floor,
feb 3 ts
Steum Engine for Sale.
1 OFFER lor side a No. I Steam Engine and Boilers,
i m little used—fixtures c inpiete, and all in goon
order—ol sixty horse powir Also, two wagons and
harness, one cait, two Fairbanks Patent Scales, on
wheels, two sets of Biackmti.’s tools, a iarg.. Jot of
cast.tron, 100 pounds best.steel, copper" and brass wire
fievs, belting, roping (some very 'a ge), one iron safe.
and many uher articles of.value and much wanted
these times.
The above property can be seen at Canton, Cnero-
Kee county, Ga. If it is not treated for at privatesaie,
will be sold at public out cry in Atlanta, G'a , on ilm
18th of February next. For further luibnuaiion apply
to the undersigned lu East Macon, Ga,
feb 3 lst V. WOOLLEY.
To Hire.
A HOUSE GIRL. Apply to
feb 3 4 * J. Me CART V.
HDQRS ENROLLING OFFICE, J
3d Congressional District, >
February 2d, 1864. j
Notice is hereby given to all Recruiting
Officers in this District that they are not
allowed to receive any one as a recruit be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 years. Every
man subject to conscription must go to
Camps of Instruction lor assignment by
Maj. Harris.
Any officer violating this order will be
arrested and sent to Macon, Ga.
W.S. -WALLACE,
Capt. arid Enrolling Officer.
Feb 3 lOt
Enquirer copy.
CONCERT.
MR. GEORGE W. CHASE, of the :9th
Ga., Colquitt’s Brigade, would respectm .y an
nounce that.astUted by several ladies and gentlemen
ot the city, be will give a Concert tor the beneSt of
his regiment on
Thursday £vemng, 4th of February.
Tickets can be bad at Mr. Spear’s Jewelry Store
fcb 2 3i *
FOR SALE!
•> FINE DOUBLE CASE GOLD WATCHES.
** Apply to o. R, STANFORD,
feb t if
Administrator’s Sale.
BY virtu© f a-i o.der from the Court of Ordinary of
Taylor County, will be soid before the Court
House door of said county, ou the fir.-t Tuesday in
Mirch next, within t lelegtl hours of sale, a valuable
ueg o BOY by the name of J.icob, sixteen years old,
the nropeity of the estate of James Monig *i«ery,dec’ti
oorge ii. davis,
ft b 3 40d » Anra’r.
PLANTATION IRON
ittrlLL be exchanged f r Corn. Wher.t, Bacon os
Vt Laid,at PLanTi r s Warehouse,
Cohmbua, ©a., F«h. 3d, lw